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India invited to US 'Summit of Democracies' on Dec 10, PM Modi likely to attend: Sources
Date: 2021-11-26 20:30:52 GMT - India - World - SN:57 - ID:9289660
NEW DELHI, Nov 26 (MENA) - India has received an invitation to the "Summit of Democracies" being convened by US President Joe Biden, sources here said on Friday, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to participate in the virtual ....
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UK records over 50,000 daily COVID cases, 160 deaths
Date: 2021-11-26 20:00:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:9289560
LONDON, Nov 26 (MENA) - The UK has recorded 50,091 new COVID-19 cases and 160 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, government data shows. It is the first time since 21 October that new cases have been above 50,000 - on ....
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EU countries agree to suspend travel to southern Africa over new COVID variant
Date: 2021-11-26 19:14:05 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:54 - ID:9289561
BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (MENA) - All 27 European member states agreed on Friday to temporarily suspend travel from seven southern African nations over the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant, according to the Slovenian EU presidency, Deutsche Welle ....
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Kremlin: Putin to visit India Dec. 6
Date: 2021-11-26 14:08:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:9289159
MOSCOW, Nov 26 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin will visit India on December 6, for talks with senior Indian officials, TASS News Agency reported Friday quoting the Kremlin press service. The Kremlin stated that "The agenda of talks with Indian ....
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France suspends flights from southern Africa over new Covid-19 variant
Date: 2021-11-26 12:29:47 GMT - France - World - SN:31 - ID:9289061
PARIS, Nov 26 (MENA) - France on Friday suspended flights arriving from the southern African region for 48 hours as EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed an air travel halt amid rising concern about a new Covid-19 variant detected in ....
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WHO to assess new highly mutated Covid-19 variant
Date: 2021-11-26 11:28:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:9288793
LONDON, Nov 26 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) will meet on Friday to assess a new variant detected in South Africa that is feared to be the worst Covid-19 variant yet identified, The Guardian reported. The meeting will determine ....
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Russian radars track 41 foreign planes carrying reconnaissance stories over week
Date: 2021-11-26 11:11:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9288796
MOSCOW, Nov 26 (MENA) - Russian radars tracked 41 foreign aircraft that conducted air reconnaissance near Russia’s state borders in the past week, the Defense Ministry’s (Red Star) Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper reported Friday. The paper said 35 ....
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Russia reports 34,690 daily COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-11-26 09:07:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:9288669
MOSCOW, Nov 26 (MENA) - Russia registered 34,690 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, with the total number of infections reaching 9,502,879. All in all 1,031,616 patients are still undergoing treatment in Russia, TASS news ....
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Biden meets Coast Guard after virtual meeting with service members to mark Thanksgiving
Date: 2021-11-26 09:05:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:9288651
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden spent the first part of their holiday hosting a virtual meeting with service members from around the world to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and thank them for their ....
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Conflicts in Afghanistan leave over half a million internally displaced in 2021 - IOM
Date: 2021-11-26 08:59:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:9288641
KABUL, Nov 26 (MENA) - Over half a million people in Afghanistan have been internally displaced as a result of conflicts and insecurity in 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report. The report, which has been ....